To Seth

This third piece / iteration / instance is the first with a live / acoustic instrument / source. Whereas the original electronic explores the gestural / embodiment limits of fixed media, here the cello reaches for a world of articulated transients / noises / textures / splices. Ideas are expand / shrank / distorted at the limit of recognition, to allow / free their essence from their broken shell.

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Thanks to Seth Parker Woods for his faith, his talent, his enthusiasm and his patience; to Lydia Rilling and Andreas Pysiewicz for the TU Berlin session; to Alex Harker for his patient MSP support.

Premiere

• November 10, 2015, Seth Parker Woods, cello; Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, diffusion • Seth Parker Woods: Grey Neon Life, Silver Center of Arts and Science — New York University, New York City (New York, USA)